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THOMAS WAYNE MUSICK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 25, 1947 – August 16, 1968
Service recordThomas Wayne Musick, of Orange, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 22
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Orange, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 22
- JOHN LESTER BEGANPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- JEROME BELLStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1968
- LURAL LEE BLEVINS IIISpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD BOEVERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
From Orange
- FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- ALFRED KINDELL EVANSSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · July 29, 1967
- JERRY WALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- EVANS BLANE CROCKER JRSergeant · May 2, 1968
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- PETER GARLAND THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- ANTHONY CLARK ARMBRUSTERSergeant · January 9, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.